The long summer solar term has arrived, and we have entered the season of alternating spring and summer. At this time, the temperature is getting hotter and hotter, the metabolism of the human body is gradually enhanced, and the digestive function will become vigorous, which is conducive to the absorption of nutrients and is a good opportunity to supplement the body. In summer, we all focus on clearing away heat and relieving summer heat, but according to the traditional concept, the hotter the summer, the less we should be greedy for cold. For example, when we were young, adults always wouldn't let us bathe in the river all day, or sleep in front of the fan, especially not let us eat more cold drinks.
In a blink of an eye, we also became middle-aged and elderly people. Now, I deeply realize how correct the restrictions imposed on us by adults are. Similarly, I often remind my children a lot of precautions, and I will also choose food in a targeted manner, because when people reach middle-aged and elderly people, their diet should be arranged reasonably, and only healthy eating habits can ensure our health. Therefore, after the long summer, I suggest that middle-aged and elderly people should insist on eating more than five meals. The principle of eating less will make you energetic and healthy all summer. Let's see which five foods should be eaten more and which three foods should be eaten less.
One of the foods to eat more is fresh vegetables.
Many people like to eat big fish and big meat, but I want to remind you that fresh vegetables are much healthier than big fish and big meat, especially for middle-aged and elderly people. They often eat seasonal vegetables, which can supplement vitamins, enhance resistance, clean blood vessels, reduce the three highs, beautify and resist aging. This is very beneficial to middle-aged and elderly people. In summer, green pepper, edamame, eggplant, cucumber, beans and other ingredients have nutritional value.
Recommended dish: steamed eggplant
Ingredients: eggplant.
Seasoning: cooking oil, salt, garlic, soy sauce.
Operating steps: 1, clean the eggplant after picking, remove the head and tail, cut it into strips, put it in a plate, add a little cooking oil and garlic sprouts, and don't put other seasonings.
2, add water to the steamer, add eggplant, boil over high fire, steam for 5 minutes until the eggplant is soft and rotten.
3. Then add salt, soy sauce and soy sauce, stir well, steam for another 2 minutes, and then turn off the heat and take out the pot. You can't add salt and soy sauce to steamed eggplant in advance, otherwise it won't rot.
The second food should be eaten more, soy products.
Bean products are made by soaking soybeans, which contain a lot of plant protein. After processing into bean products, the contents of calcium and magnesium also increased. Moderate consumption of bean products by middle-aged and elderly people can regulate the spleen and stomach, nourish the body, strengthen muscles and bones, lower blood pressure, reduce blood fat and prevent cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. Lecithin in soybean can strengthen brain, improve intelligence, delay aging and prevent Alzheimer's disease and climacteric syndrome, but gout patients should not eat more.
Recommended dish: cold tofu
Ingredients: tofu, shrimp skin, tomatoes.
Seasoning: salt, sesame oil, chives and fresh soy sauce.
Operating steps: 1, blanch the tofu with boiling water, then take it out and put it in a plate, and cut it into small pieces.
2. Prepare a handful of shrimps and soak them in boiling water. Peel the tomatoes and cut them into small pieces. Cut the shallots into chopped green onions for later use.
3. Sprinkle chopped green onion, salt, sesame oil, diced tomatoes, shrimp skin and fresh soy sauce on the cut tofu block, and mix well before eating.
The third kind of food to eat more is tender ginger.
As the saying goes, "Eat radish in winter and ginger in summer without a doctor's prescription". Sun Simiao, an ancient pharmacist, once wrote in a medical book: "Make summer seventy-two days, save bitterness and increase pungent, so as to nourish lung qi", which means to eat less bitter food and more pungent food in summer. Of course, the spicy here is not for us to eat spicy, and it is not suitable for middle-aged and elderly people. Eating those is more likely to get angry. You can eat more spicy vegetables in summer, such as onions, garlic, ginger, garlic seedlings and so on. Appetizing and relieving boredom, among which tender ginger is sought after by people.
Recommended dish: ginger soaked in vinegar
Ingredients: tender ginger.
Seasoning: salt, balsamic vinegar, rock sugar, fresh soy sauce, monosodium glutamate.
Operating steps: 1, first clean the tender ginger, and control the moisture, subject to the invisible moisture on the surface. Then cut into thin slices, soaked in salt water, sterilized and dried for later use.
2. the container of 2.act young ginger has also been disinfected for later use. Add a little salt, balsamic vinegar, crystal sugar, fresh soy sauce and monosodium glutamate to the pot, boil over high fire and cool naturally.
3. Put the cut tender ginger into a container and pour in the cold sweet and sour juice, depending on the amount of tender ginger. Take tender ginger as the standard, cover and seal it, and you can eat it after one day. If you want to try some, you can eat it in a week.
The fourth food should be eaten more, clear soup.
When people reach middle and old age, the metabolic function of the body will gradually decline. Drinking more soup is a healthy way of keeping in good health, which can make the body absorb nutrition. Drinking soup in summer pays attention to "tonic" rather than warmth, so we should choose light and delicious soups that are not greasy in summer, such as lotus root sparerib soup, lily lean broth, crucian carp soup, old duck soup, barley pig heart soup, tremella lotus seed yam soup and other nourishing soups.
Recommended ingredients: lotus root ribs soup
Ingredients: ribs and lotus root.
Seasoning: salt, chives, ginger, cooking wine.
Operating steps: 1, wash the ribs, put them into the soup pot, add salt, chives and ginger, and marinate for a while after cooking wine.
2. Wash the lotus root, peel it, cut it into thick slices, and then change the knife and slice it for later use.
3. Add water to the soup pot, bring it to a boil with high fire, skim off the floating foam, add lotus root, continue to boil, turn to low heat and simmer until the ingredients are soft and rotten, and serve.
The fifth food to eat more is fruit.
Many middle-aged and elderly people in rural areas are reluctant to spend money and rarely eat fruit. This habit is very bad. Middle-aged and elderly people should eat more fruits, because fruits are rich in vitamins and water. It's hot in summer and people sweat a lot. It is very necessary to supplement vitamins and water. Eating some fruits after meals is good for their health. Watermelon, melon and strawberry have been on the market this season. Don't be reluctant to spend money. Eat more fruits to supplement nutrition. After all, nothing is more important than health.
Recommended dish: watermelon
Watermelon is the fruit with the most moisture in summer. Now we sell it for 5 yuan a catty. If you go public in large quantities, it will cost only a few cents a catty and won't cost much. It is suggested that middle-aged and elderly people often eat, adapt to the season and spend the summer healthily. Except, of course, diabetics.
After talking about the food to eat more, what are the three flavors to eat less?
One of the few foods, bitter taste.
As mentioned above, summer diet should be bitter and spicy. Many people like to eat bitter ingredients in hot weather, thinking that they can reduce the fire. Actually, this is not right. Bitter ingredients are not suitable for eating more in summer, and eating more will lead to excessive heart fire.
The second food to eat less is spicy.
Although the summer diet should be bitter and spicy, too spicy food is definitely not the food for middle-aged and elderly people. If middle-aged and elderly people eat spicy and stimulating food for a long time, it will cause stomach problems because of spleen and stomach damage, and it will also make the liver fire more vigorous.
The third food to eat less is sweetness.
Dessert is the favorite of many girls, which can provide calories to the human body, but it is not a food that middle-aged and elderly people should eat more. In the middle-aged and elderly population, most people suffer from chronic diseases such as hypertension and diabetes. If they often eat sweets, it is very harmful to their health. For the sake of health, it is best to eat less sweets.
In early summer, middle-aged and elderly people should adhere to the principle of more than 5 and less than 3, so that you are full of energy all summer!
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